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| Name | Jessica P. Velasquez |
| Address | 5 Four Wheel Dr
Sandia Park, New Mexico , United States |
| Email | None |
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| Contributor | RBH |
| Last Modifed | BrentinCO
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| Info | In 1999, Jessica Velasquez moved to New Mexico after completing her BA in English at Pennsylvania State University. She earned her teaching credentials and MA in Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies at the University of New Mexico, and taught in the Albuquerque Public Schools before becoming adjunct faculty at UNM. Jessica married her husband Aaron in 2006. Together, they own and operate Theta Plate Inc., an Albuquerque-based electroplating company that has been in the family since 1976. Jessica feels lucky to live in Sandia Park with her husband, three kids, two dogs, and a dozen chickens.
Jessica has always been active in community service, serves on the boards of Sandia Park Scenic Byway Firewise, dedicated to reducing wildfire risk and increasing community resilience, and of Kindness Club International, which aims to build positive school culture through student leadership. Jessica is a member of the Democratic Party of NM’s State Central Committee and is former Chair of Ward 22A in Bernalillo County. Jessica served on Governor Lujan Grisham’s interim Education Committee and also served on the Bernalillo County 2020 Census Complete Count Committee.
Jessica left public education to engage more fully in local politics, and over the last two election cycles, Jessica has led unprecedented campaigns in most historically conservative, “red” House districts. Jessica’s efforts helped increase voter turnout to record levels in a crucial area of the state where Democratic performance had lagged behind.
Now, as Chair of DPNM, Jessica brings her experience from the campaign trail to reinvigorate and re-energize our state party. With an eye to engaging rural communities, registering voters, driving voter turnout among young and first-time voters in historically underrepresented communities, and strengthening Party infrastructure, Jessica is dedicated to building an even more inclusive, effective and dynamic DPNM so that we can continue to win elections and fight for our core Democratic values and policies.
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